Former Edmonton Oiler Mike Comrie is under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department.
In a statement to Global News, the LAPD confirmed there is an “open investigation of an alleged sexual battery” involving the former NHLer. No other details were provided.
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Hollywood gossip website, TMZ, says the 36-year-old claims the encounter with the woman was consensual.
Comrie played in Edmonton between 2000 and 2003 and then again for the 2009/2010 season.
He retired from the NHL in 2012.
In 2010, Comrie married actor Hilary Duff and the couple had a son named Luca two years later. In 2014, the couple announced they were separating.